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3 Stocks Pushing The Basic Materials Sector Higher

1. As of noon trading,
Kinder Morgan (
KMI) is up $0.19 (0.6%) to $34.00 on light volume Thus far, 1.1 million shares of Kinder Morgan exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.5 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.92-$34.22 after having opened the day at $34.06 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.81.

Kinder Morgan, Inc. owns and operates energy transportation and storage assets in the United States and Canada. The company operates in six segments: Products Pipelines-KMP, Natural Gas Pipelines KMP, CO2 KMP, Terminals KMP, Kinder Morgan Canada KMP, and NGPL PipeCo LLC. Kinder Morgan has a market cap of $35.5 billion and is part of the energy industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 67.1, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Kinder Morgan a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Kinder Morgan as a
sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally high debt management risk and disappointing return on equity. Get the full
Kinder Morgan Ratings Report now.

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